Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Shield Intellectual Property Pc

20 pending office actions • 10 clients • 19 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=889 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.1%
Allowance Rate
n=889
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=889
3.9
OAs to Allowance
n=639
+0.09σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=639
883 days
Time to Allowance
n=639
+2.8pp
Interview Lift
n=889
35.5%
RCE Rate
n=889
2.3%
Appeal Rate
n=889

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

87.2%
§101 Overcome
n=141
87.5%
§102 Overcome
n=184
90.6%
§103 Overcome
n=403
92.0%
§112 Overcome
n=225

Specialization & Scale

H04L, G06F, H04N
Top CPC Subclasses
46%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=889
0
Practitioners
n=889
Apps / Practitioner
n=889 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

12
Hard (60%)
7
Medium (35%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (15%)
§101 + other5 (25%)
§103 only5 (25%)
§102 only2 (10%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (20%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
6
Information Tech
30% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
45% of docket
3
Business / Other
15% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 2 49.8% +7.1%
WALSH, KATHLEEN M. 1 80.2% +17.6%
CHIO, TAT CHI 1 72.9% +17.4%
HOANG, HIEU T 1 80.8% +16.3%
TAYLOR, JOSHUA D 1 59.1% +31.4%
WOOLCOCK, MADHU 1 56.2% +72.6%
WHITE, JOSHUA RAYMOND 1 76.9% +36.2%
BOLEN, NICHOLAS D 1 9.4% +9.9%
RODRIGUEZ, DANIEL 1 62.7% +22.2%
ABRAHAM, JOSE K 1 82.9% +34.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18383793 PER LAYER ANTI-PAD STRUCTURE FOR BALL GRID ARRAY PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE ABRAHAM, JOSE K 2d overdue
19058380 MINIMIZED LATENCY INGRESS ARBITRATION HOANG, HIEU T

Hard Cases (12)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18086236 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK MANG, LAL C 31d overdue
18101107 Online Asset Recommendation System ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 8d overdue
18116675 METHODOLOGY TO AUTOMATICALLY INCORPORATE FEEDBACK TO ENABLE SELF LEARNING IN NEURAL LEARNING ARTIFACTORIES SMITH, BRIAN M 4d overdue
18086192 INTELLIGENT SPEED CHECK MILLER, PRESTON JAY 22d
18823281 AUTOMATIC FLOW MANAGEMENT WOOLCOCK, MADHU 83d
19258715 METHOD FOR DETERMINING COLOR DIFFERENCE COMPONENT QUANTIZATION PARAMETER AND DEVICE USING THE METHOD WALSH, KATHLEEN M.
18967560 MITIGATING COSTS OF PRESENTATION AND DELIVERY OF DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED CACHE MEMORY CONTENTS TAYLOR, JOSHUA D
18635555 UNIVERSAL TIME-SERIES FORECASTING WITH ADAPTIVE INPUTS/OUTPUTS FOR REAL-WORLD RANDOM MISSING DATA BOLEN, NICHOLAS D

Interview Candidates (8)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18511293 IN-VEHICLE MEDIA DISCOVERY AND RENDERING RODRIGUEZ, DANIEL 5d overdue
18383793 PER LAYER ANTI-PAD STRUCTURE FOR BALL GRID ARRAY PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE ABRAHAM, JOSE K 2d overdue
18737917 DYNAMIC RUNTIME CONFIGURE SYSTEM FOR BITCOIN MINING SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH ENERGY PROVIDERS WHITE, JOSHUA RAYMOND 7d
18823281 AUTOMATIC FLOW MANAGEMENT WOOLCOCK, MADHU 83d
19258715 METHOD FOR DETERMINING COLOR DIFFERENCE COMPONENT QUANTIZATION PARAMETER AND DEVICE USING THE METHOD WALSH, KATHLEEN M.
19219975 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES USING A PREDICTION METHOD ADOPTING IN-LOOP FILTERING CHIO, TAT CHI
19058380 MINIMIZED LATENCY INGRESS ARBITRATION HOANG, HIEU T
18967560 MITIGATING COSTS OF PRESENTATION AND DELIVERY OF DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED CACHE MEMORY CONTENTS TAYLOR, JOSHUA D

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36222
24821
24511
24381
36241
21781
37291
26631
24871
21221

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19258715 METHOD FOR DETERMINING COLOR DIFFERENCE COMPONENT QUANTIZATION PARAMETER AND DEVICE USING THE METHOD Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation WALSH, KATHLEEN M. 2482 §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2025
19219975 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGES USING A PREDICTION METHOD ADOPTING IN-LOOP FILTERING Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation CHIO, TAT CHI §102Other Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2025
19058380 MINIMIZED LATENCY INGRESS ARBITRATION Marvell Asia Pte. Ltd. HOANG, HIEU T §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2025
18967560 MITIGATING COSTS OF PRESENTATION AND DELIVERY OF DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED CACHE MEMORY CONTENTS Iris.Tv, Inc. TAYLOR, JOSHUA D §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
18823281 AUTOMATIC FLOW MANAGEMENT Innovium, Inc. WOOLCOCK, MADHU 2451 §102§103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18737917 DYNAMIC RUNTIME CONFIGURE SYSTEM FOR BITCOIN MINING SYSTEMS TO IMPROVE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND COMPLIANCE WITH ENERGY PROVIDERS Auradine, Inc. WHITE, JOSHUA RAYMOND 2438 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18635555 UNIVERSAL TIME-SERIES FORECASTING WITH ADAPTIVE INPUTS/OUTPUTS FOR REAL-WORLD RANDOM MISSING DATA Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft BOLEN, NICHOLAS D 3624 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2024
18511293 IN-VEHICLE MEDIA DISCOVERY AND RENDERING Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft RODRIGUEZ, DANIEL 2178 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18383793 PER LAYER ANTI-PAD STRUCTURE FOR BALL GRID ARRAY PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Astera Labs, Inc. ABRAHAM, JOSE K 3729 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18550425 PATCH-BASED RESHAPING AND METADATA FOR VOLUMETRIC VIDEO Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation CESE, KENNY A 2663 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 13, 2023
18231642 ENSEMBLE-BASED MULTIMEDIA ASSET RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM Iris.Tv, Inc. ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 3622 DP Non-Final OA 21d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18264311 INTRA-PREDICTION FOR HEXAGONALLY-SAMPLED VIDEO AND IMAGE COMPRESSION Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation BECK, LERON 2487 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 04, 2023
18116675 METHODOLOGY TO AUTOMATICALLY INCORPORATE FEEDBACK TO ENABLE SELF LEARNING IN NEURAL LEARNING ARTIFACTORIES Global Elmeast Inc. SMITH, BRIAN M 2122 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2023
18101107 Online Asset Recommendation System Iris.Tv, Inc. ALVAREZ, RAQUEL 3622 §101 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2023
18086192 INTELLIGENT SPEED CHECK Cariad SE MILLER, PRESTON JAY 3661 §101§103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 21, 2022
18086236 BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft MANG, LAL C 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022
17949811 DUAL-OPTIMIZATION OF TARGETED DIGITAL ASSETS UNDER VOLUME AND POSITION CONSTRAINTS Iris.Tv, Inc. ANDREI, RADU 3697 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 2022
17942686 METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA, AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTATION OF DIGITAL MEDIA ASSETS BASED ON ASSESSED VALUE Iris.Tv, Inc. KANG, TIMOTHY J 3689 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2022
17874753 METHOD FOR REDUCING CARBON FOOTPRINT LEVERAGING A COST FUNCTION FOR FOCUSED OPTIMIZATION Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON 3628 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2022
17687508 PORTABLE GOLF CHIPPING GAME AND APPARATUS Chippywand Inc. DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID 3711 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2022

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